1984 BiTurbo owner (newbie) Hood 1st Gen.

[Tim_vr6]

Goodmorning all.
My name is Tim, and just have received a BiTurbo. (Sorry for my bad english writing)
It's a 2.5 Carburetor AM 453 (so it must be a: Biturbo E)

It's a long story where it came from, but it's i know this car for about 22 years now.

I just standing in a barn for 20 years, and last week i pull it out there.
The engine was rebuild before it went into the barn, and he never driven again.
Only the fuelpump was broken, but it ran like he never ran before after 20 years.

I'm looking for all info over the 1st Gen. BiTurbo's
I got a lot now, but still got some questions about things.

I was wondering of you people can tell me what kind of hood it is whats on this car?



Because i see a lot of 1st Gen BiTurbo's, but without vents.

 

[Andyk]

A big warm welcome to the forum Tim.....No need to say sorry you English is better than some that live here

Really looking forward to seeing you BiTurbo project take shape and come back to life.....

 

[Tim_vr6]

Thanks Andy.

Another question
Can anyone tell me what the numbers means lower on the nameplate?


I talk about the 276 number.

 

[zagatoes30]

Welcome, it is always nice to see a car that needs to be brought back to life.

There are some who know the Biturbo on here, I am sure they will help out later

 

[outrun]

Hey, welcome. I've a very early 1982 2l Italian market BiTurbo. They're great fun.

The bonnet looks like a later one, the scoops were added in the later 80s for the Karif etc. They're in slightly different locations than I've seen before but certainly factory scoops, not cheap additions. The chassis plate details can be searched on Enrico's Maserati pages which is a wealth of amazing information. Just looks like chassis, model type, engine number and dry/wet weights to me though.

Good luck with it and have fun!

 

[jluis]

Welcome.
Be sure to change the cambelt if it's a cambelt engine.
I heard many stories on engines awaking from deep slumbers only to break the belts shortly after.

Also, you will probably need to replace a bunch of pipes, hoses and seals as they perish with age.

Most importantly will be the fuel lines.
I once saw a fiat 131 go up in flames because of a perished fuel line to the carburettor.

It's impressive how fast gasoline ignites when in contact with a warm engine.

 

[2b1ask1]

Welcome Tim,

Looks like it is rust free so must have been a very dry garage. Lovely find and will be superb when restored. As I'm sure you are discovering your difficulties will be mostly perished hoses throughout the car. This may include behind the dashboard and the flexible brake lines. I think I'd be inclined to fully rebuild the brakes before anything else.

Good luck.

 

[StuartW]

Welcome along & good luck with this very exciting project, I look forward to the updates

 

[Tim_vr6]

Thanks all.
So far i know the whole car is original.

The engine and gearbox and body belong together.
I'm the 3rd owner of this car, my friend was the second owner for 24 years.

The car is build in 1983/1984 and was set on licensed plates on 28-02-1984.

I was looking around about the hood, because some Biturbo have vents and some don't.
Also the font bumper is strange, but also original ( i don't have a photo of the bumper now, but i will take one and put it here)

About rust.
The both doors have a little rust problem on the outside.
1 fender has a little rust.

The inside is new.

The bottom of the car is rust free.

The car has Original 31.000 KM.

All the hose and lines will be replaced, the time belt also.
I want to restore the whole car as new, but it will take some years to accomplish.
I'm not in a hurry

 

[Tim_vr6]

 

[dickyb]

Welcome Tim, great to see another Biturbo on here and great news you are going to get it back on the road. Your car is most certainly a very early car judging by the first series wheels and early rectangular instrument binnacle. As you say, being a 2.5 your car is almost certainly an export model.

Your bonnet is probably not original, the vents were introduced on the Biturbo S model the first to feature intercoolers, these were located on either side of the engine on early cars rather than either side of the radiator on later cars. The bonnet vents were designed to feed air directly into the intercoolers which were of the air to air type. Interestingly, on the later Biturbo models with front mounted intercoolers the bonnet vents were moved slightly and were reversed with the purpose of extracting hot air rather than drawing in cool air.

Your front bumper looks standard to me, most early cars had this type and it was not updated until around 1989 when a more integrated design was adopted with flush mounted foglamps.

I hope that information is of some use & good luck with your restoration

 

[Contigo]

Wow that's an interesting plenum cover! Made of brick dust/concrete!

 

[Swistak]

Hi Tim, it's great to know another Biturbo is given a chance for a new life! My fingers crossed for you to succeed.

 

[Tim_vr6]

Oke, I'm just a little further about the hood/bonnet.
It's a bonnet from a 1984 Biturbo S with two air intakes in the middle of the hood.(the early ones)
The later ones have the intake on the side of the bonnet.

I know the car was sold new in Switzerland in 1984 en imported in 1991 by my friend to the Netherlands.
You also can see it, because the inside of the engine room is undercoated, thats what they do in Swiss to keep the car preserve, undercoat bottom and engine room (thats why this car has no rust under the car and in the engine bay)

Now i'm looking for tools for replace the time-belt, locking tools to set the camshaft and so on
I don't know of i can use the tools from the early fiat from the '80 to set the camshaft, because Maserati have used a lot of pieces from fiat in those years and maybe they are the same??

I was looking on the internet for setting tools for it, but i can't find them.

 

[Tim_vr6]

Wow that's an interesting plenum cover! Made of brick dust/concrete!

Hahaha, no Phil.
It's just only dust, but 20-year-old dust

 

[Tim_vr6]

I have removed the time-belt (yes first i put the engine on time before removing it) because the engine runs hot.

I wanted to see if the waterpump was turning and still was good, there was a new waterpump placed 23 years ago when they overhauled the engine.

The waterpump is still new, only the radiator is stuck, that's the problem why the engine running hot.

We noticed that the timebelt was one tooth out of order.
Thats why i'm looking for tools to set it all right